Health, Physical Education and Outdoor Learning department
The Health, Physical Education and Outdoor Learning department is part of the School of Sport and Recreation at AUT.
Graduates from the health and physical education and outdoor learning programmes work in many fields, including teaching in schools, working in health and sport related industries, working in health promotion or in outdoor pursuit centres, or working as adventure tourism operators or in adventure tourism management.
Undergraduate study in health, physical education and outdoor learning will give you a solid grounding in this area.
The Health, Physical Education and Outdoor Learning department offers a range of postgraduate degrees including:
Industry associations
We work closely with a large number of organisations including:
- Primary, intermediate and secondary schools
- Regional Sports Trusts (RST’s)
- Bigfoot Adventures
- Sir Peter Blake Marine Education Recreation Centre (MERC)
- Sport NZ
- Kelly Sports
Our people
Our teaching team are constantly active in research, and you can find their most recent research publications on staff’s academic profiles below.
Outdoor Learning
Health and Physical Education
Contact us
Kylie Thompson
Head of Department & Head of
Discipline
Health and Physical Education
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 6205
kylie.thompson@aut.ac.nz
Resources for health and PE teachers
To help teachers and coaches refine their teaching methods, we've created a number of helpful contemporary skill learning resources that can be downloaded to help you achieve the best learning outcomes.
